#ADE242#ADE242

#ADE242 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.191 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADE242
RGB	rgb(173, 226, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(80, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 0%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -39.26, 68.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 79.08, 119.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% -0.113 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.191 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4135, 63.6696, 15.0501)
Luminance	0.6367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADE242 #7742E2

analogous

#E2C742 #ADE242 #5DE242

triadic

#ADE242 #42ADE2 #E242AD

tetradic

#ADE242 #42E2C7 #7742E2 #E2425D

square

#ADE242 #42E2C7 #7742E2 #E2425D

split-complementary

#ADE242 #425DE2 #C742E2

monochromatic

#6A9317 #90C81F #ADE242 #C4EA77 #DBF2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ADE242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#ADE242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADE242

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADE242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADE242	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4D8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ade242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 226, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.191 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9eb80',
    500: '#ade242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ade242;
$custom-light: #c9eb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ade242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.875,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84696,
    "c": 0.19082,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADE242

secondary

#533198

accent

#38F075

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFDF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADE242

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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